Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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The Preschooler’s Notebook

After focusing so much on our older boys in past posts, I figure it’s about time to highlight our preschooler, Levi.  But be forewarned:  I am not a creative preschool teacher.  Fortunately, I don’t have to be because he’s pretty creative all by himself. Disclaimer:  Our 4-year-old has the normal attention span of a 4-year-old […]

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Impressionists & Classical Era Notebooking Packet {Free Printables}

Included in this packet are notebooking pages for studying music theory and a small selection of great artists (Post-Renaissance & Impressionists) and composers. This packet includes notebooking pages for: Tin Whistle Music Theory Rembrandt Linnaeus Gainsborough Monet Degas Morisot Beethoven Brahms Dvorak Click here to download our Impressionists & Classical Era Fine Arts Notebooking Pages! […]

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Trash to Treasure {and other simple} Review Games

We thought we’d share a couple of simple review games now that we are about six weeks in… Trash to Treasure Review Games This is a set of games created from either a) stuff that was not being used or b) stuff that would have otherwise been thrown into the trashcan. Egg Toss Game We […]

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Hillbilly Gardening 101

That right there is a poor excuse for a garden. Really, it’s a big bunch of dilapidated vegetable plants…. We have a variety of heirloom beans (complete with hole-y leaves), our one squash plant that still strives to give us a few squash per week, our tomatoes, (which brings me to the point of asking, […]

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Latin Alphabet Coloring Book and Flashcards {Printables}

After memorizing the various combinations of letters for verb endings (conjugations), noun endings (declensions), and vocabulary words, we finally simplified this process and decided to learn our alphabet before moving to more vocabulary.  This comes at the suggestion of our 4-year-old, who asked for a Latin alphabet coloring book, which I could not find on-line […]

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Learning New Testament Greek with Children

Koiné is the Greek word for “common,” and refers to the common spoken language throughout the Mediterranean after Alexander the Great’s conquests (300s BC). Although Koiné Greek is somewhat different than the language of the “classical” Greek philosophers and writers (like Plato), it is in Koiné Greek that the New Testament was written. I hope […]

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Our Life Today… in Pictures

I asked my husband to take photos of us throughout our day… So this is a day in the life of Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood Homeschool Our children are:  Levi (age 4); David (age 7); Stephen (age 10) I’ve included the real-life actual times of the photos, give or take a minute or two. 7:30 AM: […]

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Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

During the month of August, we read Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child by Anthony Esolen. If you did not find the time to read it this summer, I urge you to pick up that book and read it as we begin a new semester!  [If you read just one chapter per week, you’ll […]

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Sightseeing Valley Forge & Gettysburg {50 States}

…continuing through Pennsylvania! State #14 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. For our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary click here.   We continue our trip through Pennsylvania with drive-thru sightseeing tours of Valley Forge and Gettysburg… Note:  Pennsylvania has these interstates that are super-long toll roads.  No problem except if you don’t have a pass, you can only get off at certain exits. […]